Nellore
District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio Geographical Area : 13076.0 Km2
Population in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore (Census 2011)
Total 2966082
Male 1493254
Female 1472828
Under 6 population
Total 287368
Male 147719
Female139649
Disabled population
(Census 2001)
Total disabled population : 49653
In seeing : 17871
In speech : 5639
In hearing : 3873
In movement : 16104
Mental : 6166
Social, Environmental
& Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district Backwardness : 171
Sex Ratio Rank : 470
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 156 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 282 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities Mainstreaming the tribals is one of the main challenges
of the district.
Lack of employment opportunities has led to other issue of migration.
Status of education in the rural areas is very poor.
Contaminated water affects the health of the people.
During drought situations, people do not even have access to drinking
water.
Recently, few deaths occurred due to heat waves.
Brief About Nellore District
Nellore also known as Vikrama Simhapuri. Nellore
is famous for Rice and Aqua culture. There are many places of
Historical importance in Nellore, the Ranganayakula Temple on
the bank of the river Penna, the Udayagiri fort, the Narasimha
Konda, Penchala kona, Venkatagiri fort, Mypadu beach,famous rocket
launching centre at Sriharikota,the Krishnapatnam port, Nelapattu
etc. Vikramsimha Mahavir, Manumasiddhi Maharaj ruled this Nellore
town, with Simhapuri as its capital. One of the writers of Mahabharatha
in telugu,'Kavi Brahma','Ubhaya Kavimithrudu' writer kavi thikkanna,
worked as prime minister and Khadga Thikkanna as Defence minister.
During this period this state flourished with highest paddy yield.
That is why it is called "nelli" an equivalent word for paddy
in tamil. In course of time the name Nellivur is changed to NELLORE,
as was written in sthala puranam and history. Nellore was the
only Education Centre in Andhra Pradesh during the British rule.
This area is rich in particular kind of flint called quartzite,
out of which prehistoric man made his weapons and implements.
With the rise of the Mauryan Empire, nellore also seems to have
come under its influence and was part of the Ashokan empire in
the third century B.C. The district was next included in the Pallava
dominion between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D.With the dawn
of the seventh century, the political centre of Gravity of the
Pallavas shifted to the south and weakened their power, the north.
During the British period, the district tasted the blessings of
settled peace, the only event of any political importance being
the sequestration in 1838, of the Jagir of Udaygiri, owing to
its title holder's participation in a conspiracy, engineered by
the Nawab of Kurnool, against the ruling power. After the district
came under the british administration the jurisdiction of the
district did not undergo any major changes, but for the transfer
of Ongole taluk in 1904 to guntur district when it was newly constituted.
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NGO
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Total NGOs
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in 2011-12
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